This is when things get interesting. :)

Chapter Fifteen: Crap

I was awoken the next morning to murmurs that I didn't recognize.

"Is it her?"

"Yeah, it is." I kept my eyes shut and pretended to be asleep.

"Who are all these people?"

"I don't know."

"I think I might have an idea, but it's very unlikely." Suddenly, I felt someone violently shaking my shoulder. "Katie, wake up!" I sat up with a start, thinking we were under attack.

"What the-?!" I shouted, waking everyone else with a start.

"What's going on?!" I heard Max ask. "Are we under attack?" I stood up and rubbed my eyes. Once my vision cleared, I saw three people standing at the entrance to the cave. It took me a moment to realize who they were.

"Cheyenne? Tiffany? Lilyann?" I muttered sleepily. I blinked several times and recognized their faces. Crap. This meant I had some explaining to do and secrets to revel.

"It is you! Oh my god! Where were you? We went crazy when you left! Why did you run away?" Cheyenne asked me, running over to give me a huge hug. Tiffany and Lilyann soon followed. Iggy was looking at me questioningly. I replied with a look that said that I would explain later.

"Sit down guys," I said. "We're going to be here a while." They all listened as they sat next to me, the Flock soon followed, completing the circle. Gazzy looked a bit awkward sitting next the Cheyenne and Lilyann looked awkward sitting next to Max. "So, where do you want to begin?" I asked my friends.

"Why did you run away?" Tiffany asked me.

"I didn't really run away. I just left. These guys showed up in my backyard a week ago and told me to come with them. So I did," I explained, trying to keep secrets hidden.

"I don't believe it. You're hiding something from us," Lilyann accused. I looked at Max questioningly. She nodded. She must have trusted my friends since I knew them and they weren't turning into Erasers.

"Guilty as charged," I said getting up.

"What are you doing?" Cheyenne asked, her eyes widening in fear.

"Explaining," I stated. I ran towards the edge of the cave and jumped. I saw my friends look over the edge with fear and the Flock look over the edge with wide grins across their faces. As soon as I disappeared from view, I shot my wings open, the sudden unfurling ripping at my shoulders. I winced and then began fly upward.

"She's got to be dead by now," I heard Lilyann say.

"I can't believe we came all this way to watch her kill herself," Tiffany muttered. I watched as they turned their backs to the edge, the Flock still had triumphant grins on their faces.

"What's so funny?!" Cheyenne shouted. "My best friend just killed herself and all you can do is grin like that!" I chuckled as I flew back up to the cave, my fingers barely touching the side of the cliff.

"She's not dead," I heard Max say, hovering just below the mouth of the cave so I couldn't be seen.

"Yeah, like she could survive that kind of fall!" Cheyenne shouted sarcastically.

"Wait a minute!" Tiffany exclaimed. "I get it now! Katie has…" Then I flew back into the cave, wings extended as my feet touched the stone once more. Cheyenne, Lilyann, and Tiffany's eyes grew large in amazement. Tiffany's eyes seemed to grow the largest.



"If these people came for Katie," Lilyann said putting the puzzle together. "Then they are-"

"You're kidding!" Tiffany shouted, looking around at the Flock.

"I don't get it," Cheyenne said. I chuckled. Leave it to Cheyenne to have a blond moment. I wouldn't blame her. She had never read the Maximum Ride books. Suddenly, Iggy leaned his head over to the side, as if he was listening to something.

"Someone's coming," Iggy muttered. My friends and I walked over to the edge of the cave.

"I don't see anyone," Lilyann muttered. I saw something she didn't see, thank you crazy scientist people. I saw a guy walking through the forest, alone a path of broken branches and ferns. I remembered it was the path that I took to come here, before all of this happened.

"Crap," I muttered as I recognized the guy. It was my boyfriend, Joe.

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUNNNN!! Yay for a truely evil cliffie!! Please don't hate me!!